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There are two legally significant times. In addition
to the time of sending, the time of delivery is
the other legally significant time. The precise
time of legal delivery is synchronized to the Government
Atomic Time.
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Delivered (UTC): Coordinated
Universal Time is GMT without daylight savings |
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Delivered (local): Local time of the sender |
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Opened (local): Precise time the recipient
opened the e-mail, if it can be determined
before the receipt is generated and returned
to sender. |
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The most significant time is the "Delivered"
time. Since the baseline for legal delivery is delivery
to the recipient's agent, this time reflects the
time the recipient's agent signs for the mail. This
is listed in Universal Time and Local Time of the
sender. The third time is the time of opening if
it can be detected. All times are sourced at the
U.S. Atomic Clock.
If RPost™ can determine an e-mail has been
opened before the receipt is sent back to the sender,
only then will the RPost Registration System™
note the time it was opened on this Delivery Receipt.
If a day, week, month or later the e-mail is opened
and the RPost Registration System™ can detect
it, the sender will receive a separate "Read
Receipt" e-mail for that recipient that says
that the Registered E-mail® has been opened
at a specific date or time.
Common Questions:
How often does the system know if an e-mail
has been opened?
RPost™ can give legal delivery or failure
100% of the time. As a bonus, the system will show
additional information such as the "Opened"
status or produce a Read Receipt™. Empirically,
RPost has seen that this higher level occurs a majority
of the time with its current users. Please keep
in mind, however, that this depends highly on who
is sending the e-mail to whom. For some e-mail or
some recipients the recipient may never open that
e-mail. In these cases, the sender still retains
legal proof of delivery.
If the Registered Receipt™ indicates
that the e-mail has been "opened," will
I get a Read Receipt™ as well? No.
If the Registered Receipt™ shows the e-mail
has been opened, there is no need for a Read Receipt™.
Does the receipt tell me if the attachments
have been opened?
No. Just like with FedEx or USPS registered mail,
these systems indicate legal delivery. However,
neither these traditional methods nor RPost™
can force someone to open the e-mail. Further, if
the person does open the e-mail, none of these systems
can detect whether the recipient could read or understand
the e-mail or attachments. Unlike FedEx and USPS
registered mail, Registered E-mail® DOES tell
what was inside the "package" - the body
of the e-mail and attachment content. Again, no
system can tell if it has actually been read and
understood unless you stand over their shoulder
and interview the recipient. |
